Anthony has been in the “pick our spots” camp about the madcap beginning of Trump II.  Some things are worth the fight and others maybe not.  We will know an authoritarian overthrow of our nation when we see it.  Well, you don’t need to squint much to see it coming.  Courts are ordering the administration to do things and team Trump is saying no.  Now what?  It’s a good time to go back to 1803 and Marbury v Madison.  It's an emergency reading assignment this week.  In Ask Anthony Anything, the legal limbo of Eric Adams.

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Did that whole trade war we had this week work out ok?  It depends.  Some people like reading what monkeys at typewriters produce. It ain’t Shakespeare. Anthony looks at the meta behind the chaos and finds there may be less than meets the eye.  Like a 9 year-old banging on a pan, the attention itself may be the end goal. Also this week in Ask Anthony Anything, when political gamesmanship is totally ok.

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The new Trump team has thrown a whole cookbook of spaghetti against the wall of the American political system in its first weeks.  Anthony offers his grudging respect for their sheer chutzpah.  But when it comes to deciding not to do spending that Congress authorized or changing immigration laws without permission, it is the Republicans in the House and Senate that have to stand up or roll over.  Trump is stress testing his own party at the same time as he is stressing us out with the onslaught of crazy.  In Ask Anthony Anything, is loyalty to Trump a DEI program?

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The first days of Trump 2.0 had a lot of trolling but also some legitimately outrageous.

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We hire special investigators/prosecutors when we want to get to the bottom of politically sensitive cases. So how did we do? This week, not one, but two Special Counsels dropped their long awaited reports on what they did and didn’t do and why. A bit of an anti climax in both cases but still Anthony looks at the what and the why of the things. In Ask Anthony Anything, a visit to the JD Vance hall of rhetorical mirrors on immigration. 

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If there is one thing that the Republicans seem to know how to do, its tax cuts.  If giant, deficit-exploding giveaways to the rich are your thing, they have delivered.  But this year, Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and the GOP faithful are going to have their hands full even doing the “easy” thing - renewing the 2017 tax cuts.  Anthony gets a little wonky this week explaining why it's easier to talk about cuts than to do them.  And in Ask Anthony Anything, a professional interviewer asks Anthony what the hell is going on in your host’s head. 

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Maybe predicting the future in Washington is not that hard.  We’ve seen a version of this movie before.  Anthony looks at the parallels and differences between the beginning of Trump I and Trump II.  Call it a prediction show or call it a deja vu.  In Ask Anthony Anything, an explainer on “Detainer Requests”

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It's a joyous and - hopefully - meaningful time of year.  Anthony departs this week from his usual unpacking and repacking of the issue of the moment to look at what he thinks should be the principles of the vocation of politics.  Heck, if we can’t get a bit spiritual this time of year, when can we? In Ask Anthony Anything, which new idea is proving to be least popular?

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What's going on with New York?  Anthony has the answer.  Some history, some trends and some predictions about the city we love.  We measure the vibes.  In Ask Anthony Anything, the other ABC bends at the knee. 

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A serious conversation was reignited this week by a cold blooded assassination.  The crime was inexcusable but the conversation after was inevitable : why do we even have health insurance companies?  Anthony explains the odd way we pay for and distribute health care in America and suggests that the populist rage this week is both well founded and not difficult to address.  Also this week in Ask Anthony Anything, Anthony is the one on the hot seat.  Will he or won't he run?

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